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For Release: September 19, 2012

PALO ALTO, Calif. 鈥� Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford today was named one of the nation鈥檚 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Packard Children鈥檚 was recognized by The Joint Commission for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children鈥檚 asthma, stroke and venous thromboembolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services.

The hospital is one of 620 hospitals in the U.S. earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2011 calendar year. The list of Top Performers increased by 50 percent from its debut last year and represents 18 percent of more than 3,400 eligible accredited hospitals reporting data.

Each of the hospitals that were named as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures met two 95 percent (95/95) performance thresholds on 2011 accountability measure data. First, each hospital achieved performance of 95 percent or above on a single, composite score that includes all the accountability measures for which it reports data to The Joint Commission, including measures that had fewer than 30 eligible cases or patients. Second, each hospital met or exceeded 95 percent performance on every accountability measure for which it reports data to The Joint Commission, excluding any measures with fewer than 30 eligible cases or patients. A 95 percent score means a hospital provided an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities to provide the practice. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice 鈥� for example, giving aspirin at arrival for heart attack patients, giving antibiotics one hour before surgery, and providing a home management plan for children with asthma.

鈥淲hen we raise the bar and provide the proper guidance and tools, hospitals have responded with excellent results,鈥� says Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president, The Joint Commission. 鈥淭his capacity for continual improvement points toward a future in which quality and safety defects are dramatically reduced and high reliability is sought and achieved with regularity. Such day-to-day progress will slowly but surely transform today鈥檚 health care system into one that achieves unprecedented performance outcomes for the benefit of the patients.鈥�

鈥淥ur entire staff and medical staff understand that what matters most to patients at Packard Children鈥檚 is safe, effective, family-centered care,鈥� said Christopher G. Dawes, president and CEO. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why we鈥檝e made a commitment to positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes. We鈥檙e proud to make the Joint Commission list, and it demonstrates that what we are doing is working.鈥�

In addition to being included in today鈥檚 release of The Joint Commission鈥檚 鈥�, Packard Children鈥檚 will be recognized on The Joint Commission鈥檚 Quality Check website (www.qualitycheck.org). The Top Performer program will be featured in the November issue of聽The Joint Commission Perspectives聽and the October issue of聽The Joint Commission: The Source.

Authors

Robert Dicks
650-497-8364
rdicks@stanfordchildrens.org